History of Psychology cid 127 Original Goals of Psychology Curing mental illness cid 127 Making the lives of people more productive and fulfilling Identifying and nurturing talent cid 127 WWII Lack of MDs to treat veterans Psychology focuses on treating disease Creation of VA and NIMH Changes cid 127 Martin Seligman APA President 1996 Positive Psychology focus on 1 10 side Treating depression does NOT make people happier Hedonic Treadmill constantly changing goal posts never capturing happiness Positive Psychology Negative emotions are important They ensure survival Anger fear and anxiety warn of dangers Activate sympathetic nervous system fight or flight cid 127 Why are positive emotions so important Nun Study 180 Catholic Nuns wrote autobiographies mean age 22 Followed for mortality for 6 decades Biographies were coded for Positive emotion words sentences using positive emotion words different positive emotion words 3 Nuns Happy medium happy least happy 1st nun alive at 98 2nd nun died at 59 At age 85 90 of the happiest were still alive only 34 of the least happiest Happiest nuns lived about 10 years longer What Makes Us Happy 10 like circumstances 40 how you handle circumstances 50 genetic component cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127
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